Chapter 3067 Invisible Threat

A round of bombing fell, followed by the Red Army soldiers and tanks and infantry fighting vehicles charging forward.

It was exactly the same situation as before.

The Japanese army, whose tactical mobility depended entirely on their legs, did not have time to send reinforcements to the positions that had just been bombed, and watched the Russians who came all the way to kill and clean up the remaining remnants and capture the positions.

"Your Excellency, the division commander! We can't go on like this. If we continue like this, we will soon lose the second position! It's time to make a decision!"

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It's easier said than done.

A "decision" can be said lightly, but it is difficult for military commanders to make decisions.

"So, Watanabe-kun, how do you think we should make a "decision" now?"

"Ah? This"

The chief of staff, who was just "casually" making a suggestion, did not expect that the division commander would just turn around and kick the ball back to him.

I was thinking, isn't it your job as a military commander to make a decision? But then I thought, as the chief of staff who was making the plan, it seemed that I was also involved. This was the kind of question that you could give an answer to if you didn't ask.

The chief of staff had no other choice but to use his brain quickly. After thinking for a while, he hurriedly gave the answer.

"I think we should send reinforcements to the second position immediately, your Excellency the division commander. Don't we still have a reserve? Request the 113th Division to help us send reinforcements together. At least we have to stabilize the position to stop the Russians from advancing."

There is a reserve, that's right. The last infantry regiment on standby at the third position is it. If it really works, it's not impossible to send it out.

But the division commander, who was looking at the scorched earth battlefield in front of him through the telescope with a gloomy look in his eyes, obviously didn't think so.

"Tell me, Watanabe-kun, what can you see on the road from the third position to the second position?"

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The division commander pointed in the direction of the battlefield with a telescope in his hand, and the chief of staff looked in the direction of his finger with a confused look on his face.

The Russians had not yet penetrated the second position, and behind the second position were still a large number of Japanese troops busy and forward to reinforce.

And on the road from the third position to the second position, that is, the buffer zone between the positions, there was nothing but the flat land that could be seen at a glance, and there was not even a shadow of the Russians, let alone their own soldiers.

"Mr. Division Commander, I'm sorry for my stupidity. I don't see any problem with the direction you're pointing. On the contrary, I think we should immediately let our soldiers cross this section and immediately support the second position."

"Ah."

It feels like he hasn't learned his lesson after being bombed by the Russian heavy artillery. He was bombed so hard that his pig brain was about to burst. Logically, he should know the pain. Why doesn't he reflect on the loss at all? As the chief of staff, he can't see through the situation in front of him.

The division commander sighed in his heart and had no choice but to point his finger at the seemingly ordinary and empty position in front of him again, and slowly spoke to the chief of staff.

"The Russians clearly have destructive heavy artillery firepower. Since they stopped covering the artillery, they should have replenished their ammunition and moved their firing positions."

"Don't you care? Why is there still no movement from the Russian artillery?"

"They can obviously do something, such as preparing artillery fire in advance like they did not long ago to cover our third position. At least it can disrupt the assembly of reinforcements at our starting position and provide support for them to capture the position."

"But they didn't do anything. It's like giving their artillery a holiday. There is no long-range indirect fire."

"Why do you think this is, Watanabe-kun?"

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After the division commander reminded him, the chief of staff, who was not stupid but didn't realize this, suddenly had an idea.

But after thinking about it, he was still unwilling to admit the aggrieved fact that he could only pinch his nose and be a turtle with his head huddled, and the unwilling answer came out immediately.

"Maybe they consumed too much ammunition, sir. It takes a long time to replenish such a huge amount of ammunition. It is very likely that the Russians are preparing to transport ammunition for their next artillery fire."

"Then let me ask you again, the Russian artillery fire just now was indeed unprecedentedly fierce, but do you think this artillery fire was as fierce as the artillery fire on the first day of the war yesterday?"

"Since the Russians can replenish the huge amount of ammunition consumed yesterday and continue to bombard today. Why do you think that the Russians can't even supply this level of artillery ammunition just now?"

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The division commander was choked by the questioning and speechless for a while. Seeing this, the division commander continued to speak.

"The Russians are certainly capable of continuing to fire. I even dare to conclude that they will not fire a single shell at the third position, allowing us to gather reinforcements at will at the starting position. This is a conspiracy in itself."

"Once the reinforcements leave the starting position to support, the Russians will aim at the artillery cluster in the buffer zone between the two positions in advance and will inevitably open fire suddenly."

"So this is what they want to achieve, exposing us to an open area without any cover and suffering greater artillery casualties. The losses caused by this will be much higher than the artillery fire on the position."

"Our tactical mobility is far inferior to that of the Russians. The time it takes to cross the buffer zone of the position is the time it takes for the Russians to fly. And once the Russian heavy artillery barrage comes, the reinforcements will immediately be trapped in a situation where they can't move forward or backward. Under the destructive bombardment of the Russians, it will be impossible to even withdraw the troops."

"Besides, I believe you should not have forgotten about the Morishima Brigade, right?"

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Morishima Heinei and his main regiment were directly wiped out by the Russian artillery fire from across the river before they even touched the hair of the Russians on the march.

This terrible ghost story may be unknown to the soldiers below, but at the level of the division chief of staff, not only have they heard of it, but they are also very clear about the details.

As the division commander said, the destructive artillery fire of the Russians is absolutely fatal to the Japanese army in any marching state without the support and protection of existing positions and fortifications.

The German army, which is barely mechanized, can at least run and escape from the artillery bombardment area with low accuracy in this year.

But what about the Japanese army? What can we run with? Are we going to run away from the killing radius of heavy grenades with our two legs? This is not the way to commit suicide, right?

Knowing the facts but still unwilling to accept them, the Chief of Staff blurted out words that were so angry that they could almost kill people.

"Are we just going to watch failure like this, Mr. Division Commander!"